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Press Conference by Press Secretary

October 2002

29 October

  1. Japan's Assistance Package for Afghanistan
  2. Upcoming visit of President Rafael Hipolito Mejia Dominguez, President of the Dominican Republic
  3. Japanese governmental representative Mr. Yasushi Akashi's upcoming visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  4. Questions regarding North Korea
  5. Question on samurai bonds
  6. Question about passports issued by the Palestinian Authority
  7. Questions concerning Foreign Minister Abdullah of Afghanistan
  8. Questions regarding the terrorist attack in Moscow

25 October

  1. Mr. Yasushi Akashi to participate in peace process in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  2. Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
  3. Japanese aid to the Republic of Ghana
  4. Statement on the adoption of the draft resolution on nuclear disarmament
  5. Question about nations bearing nuclear arms
  6. Questions concerning North Korea and Japanese abductees
  7. Questions on Japan-Italy relations
  8. Questions about foreign press in Japan
  9. Questions regarding travel advisories
  10. Follow-up questions on foreign press in Japan
  11. Question about filming Foreign Minister Kawaguchi's press conferences

22 October

  1. Statement on recent bombing in Israel
  2. Statement on the election of Mr. Hisashi Owada as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  3. Question regarding Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea
  4. Question regarding a condolence system in the event of future terrorist attacks
  5. Follow-up questions in relation to Japanese abductees
  6. Question concerning Japan-China talks
  7. Question regarding Japan-North Korea relations
  8. Follow-up question regarding the 14th Ministerial Meeting of APEC
  9. Question on Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

18 October

  1. Attendance of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi at the 14th Ministerial Meeting of APEC and visit to the United States of America
  2. Statement on the Government of India's decision to redeploy armed forced from the international border with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  3. Summary of Japanese responses to bombing incident in Bali
  4. Questions concerning revelation of a North Korean nuclear program
  5. Question on the APEC BTC

15 October

  1. Return of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi from the Russian Federation
  2. Reaction to terrorist attack in Bali
  3. Follow-up questions concerning Foreign Minister Kawaguchi's visit to Russia
  4. Question on the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea
  5. Follow-up questions in relation to the terrorist attack in Bali

11 October

  1. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Russian Federation
  2. Statement on local assembly elections in Kashmir
  3. Statement on a repeated ballistic missile launch test by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  4. Second Meeting of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between Japan and the European Community
  5. Questions concerning the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea
  6. Questions on the situation concerning Iraq
  7. Questions in relation to the upcoming APEC forum

8 October

  1. Statement on possible missile testing by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Statement on the Israeli incursion into the Gaza area
  3. Emergency medical aid to counter the meningitis epidemic in the Republic of Rwanda
  4. Statement on the situation in the Kingdom of Nepal
  5. Questions concerning normalization talks with North Korea
  6. Follow-up question on the situation in the Middle East
  7. Question concerning Japan's position on United Nations resolutions on Iraq
  8. Follow-up questions regarding the situation in Nepal
  9. Question in relation to reports on the abduction cases
  10. Question on the response to the tanker fire off the coast of the Republic of Yemen
  11. Questions on the Questions on the Kaigai Koryu Kyokai

4 October

  1. Japan's election to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  2. Dispatch of election monitors to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  3. Question concerning an application for an entry visa into Japan by Mr. Li Teng-hui of Taiwan
  4. Questions on a possible visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the People's Republic of China
  5. Questions concerning the abduction cases
  6. Questions concerning the resumption of talks on the normalization of diplomatic relations with North Korea
  7. Questions concerning the dispatch of another investigative team to North Korea
  8. Question in relation to public reaction on the abduction cases
  9. Question on return of the abductees

1 October

  1. Statement on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from President Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound
  2. Appointment of Deputy Vice-Minister as the head of crisis management
  3. Return of the investigation team to North Korea
  4. Visit to Japan by Mr. Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
  5. Flood assistance to the Republic of Albania
  6. Follow-up questions regarding the investigation team to North Korea
  7. Question on meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohsen Aminzadeh of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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